worldly Syllabification: (world·ly)Pronunciation: /ˈwərldlē/Translate worldly | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of worldly adjective (worldlier, worldliest) of or concerned with material values or ordinary life rather than a spiritual existence:his ambitions for worldly success (of a person) experienced and sophisticated. Phrases worldly goods (or possessions or wealth) everything that someone owns. Derivatives worldliness noun Origin: Old English woruldlic (see world, -ly1)worldly in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of worldly in the British & World English dictionary
